Shade-holder.



I. G. STEESE.

SHADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION rum APB..26,1912.

' Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

JAY cEYLoNsTEEsE, or AKRON, 01110.

SHADE-HOLDER.

Toall whom it may;c'oncm:

. Be it. knownthat I,.JAY CEYLON STnEsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in thecounty of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shade-Holders, of which the' following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved holder or supporting device for shades, globes, reflectors, and s milar anticles, upon gas or electric lamps, theworcl.

shade being herein generically used to indicate generally .alldevicesof this character. The object of the invention is to provide a lamp, either gas or electricity, with means for supporting and centering shades of the neckless variety, that is to say, where there is no curved neck on which mechanism of the ordinary type of supporter can engage. Heretofore, this type of shade has been commonly provided with a metallic collar secured thereto and the mechanism for bolding or supporting the shade engages the metallic collar, but the additional metallic collar is a source of weaknessand expense and hence, the object of this is, broadly, to provide means whereby a neckless shade or similar article may be detachably supported, and so held as to be permitted to expand and contract under the changes of temperature without danger of-fracturing the shade.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construct-ion, combination and arrangement of parts constituting the invention to be here-- inafter specifically described and-illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claim hereunto appended. y

In the drawings in which similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the different figures, Figure 1, is a view in side elevation of an inverted gas lightto which is secured a neckless shade, the lamp 'being equip ed with mechanism embodying one form tif my invention; and, Fig. 2, is an inverted plan view of the lamp equipped with the. shade holding mechanism shown ih Fig. 1:;

Referring to the drawings in detail the reference numeral 1 denotes a lamp of ordinary and conventional type and here used to illustrate the adaptability of improveddevice for. suspending or supporting a shade.

the upper wall of the shade and which may then be expanded sufficiently tointerlock be hind the wall so as to thereby support the shade and at the same time center the same. Substantially all lamp. framesare provided with 'a depending flange 3 in WhichI cut openings 4 at suitable intervals, a: .d the frame of the lamp is also customarily provided in its upper portion with one or more openings 5. The preferred form of my invention, and which is here described, comprises a broken ring; 6 of spring wire-of a larger diameter when expanded than the opening 7 in the upper wall of the shade and when contracted to be so reduced as to be shade to lie-slipped thereover. In order to sustain the wire loop I provide atone or more polnts, say, by way of example,- at S PatentedfNomZfi,1912i) Application filed April 26, 1912. Serial No. sea-501.

easily inserted therethrough to permit the and 9, inturned portions forming fingers;

which are passed through the o enings! which serve thereby to connect t e sprin" ring 6 with the lower' flange 3 of the lam} frame. The ends of the broken ring 6 are inturned at 10 and are passed through a circumferential slot 11 in the flange 3 and afterward the ends of the Wire are upwardly .and

outwardly bent at 12 and are provided with bent portions or knobs 13 to be grasped by the hands. When the lamp is constructed,

as shown in the drawings, it will preferablyhave one of the ends 12 extending through each of the openings 5 and as the laterallyprojecting portions12 will'rest on the wall of the slot 11 it is thereby efiiciently sup-.

ported.

The shade is positioned by shifting the ends 13 of the resilient wire ring toward each other causing a contraction of the diameter of the ring sufficiently to permit the shade to be shifted upwardly until -it en-v gages the flange 3 after which the ends 13' are released allowing the ring to expand due to its inherent elasticity, causing the various portions of the ring to engage the inner face ofthe upper wall of the shade around the.-

opening 7, thereby securelyholdin'g the ring.

.adjustably in position, the ring serving as resilient and yieldable support for the shade It will be obvious, of course, that gtht, means may be empleyed which may a Gopies of this' patent may be obtained for pended or shifted laterally against the inner face of the upper wall of the shade, below the opening 7, but the device shown is the preferred construction.

It may be pointed out that this invention has no relation whatsoever to those forms of shade or globe provided with necks either straight or curved and pertains to the sup porting only of the globes or shades which are so unprovided. A

The combination with a lamp-frame provided with a depending annular flange at its lower end inwardly inclined in cross section, providing an abutment, said flange provided with a plurality of radial openings arranged in spaced relation, the frame abd'v'e said flange provided with an opening a broken ring-shaped locking-member arranged to.

normally sprin outwardly, encircling saidflange and havlng inwardly-extending abruptly-bent portions constituting radial projections arranged to engage in the radial openings in said flange for supporting said member, the ends of said member extending upwardly and outwardly through the openingin said frame, with a neekl'ess shade having an opening, arranged with the wall around said opening positioned against saidflange as an abutment and held in position against movement by. said locking member when expanded to cause the latter ,to engage, the underfa'ce of the. shade around said opening.

In testlmonyfwhereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribingwitness'es.

*JAY CEYLON STEESE.

Witnesses: G. E, H MP BEY,

"A; L. MGCLINTOQK.

five cents each; by addressing the Commissioner of .I'atents,

Washington, D. 0. 

